The wife has a habit of bringing me gifts on her days ( B-day, Mother's Day, etc. )
Today, she & her younger daughter planned a Mom's day event to paint a bunch of the seashells she brought back from Galveston Bay Texas on a recent vacation.....
So, of course they needed to get "stuff" to do this & went to the arts & crafts store ~~~~> Came back w/ a prize for Dad....
Wait a minute.....let me get this in focus.....
Weird, what is it?
Ah.....Bacon.....
OK......I'm covered....what's up for the Moms?
T-tip........all injected up w/3 different mixes.....
Rubbed w/ gran. garlic, some Texas rub she brought back & Pappy's low-salt....
Having led a fairly sheltered life, this is the1st time ever, in the history of the world I've used a charcoal basket....no idea what I'm doing.................
the Brownie....
Lulu ~~~~>
Found my ancient charcoal rails that I bought new, way back when.....of course they're hanging right where somebody left them 5 years ago......
Used them on one side w/a basket.................
the single moved along just fine @ 275...
The one w/ the rail & basket skyrocketed to 400 & I thought for a time I wrecked 'em.....last tip foul ball was over 4 years ago, so I was hoping it wasn't a mess...........
These one's had a fatcap which burnt right up at those temps...
Pulled & wrapped @ about 155 & when rested, came out just fine....
About a 3/4 cup of pre-made ajus per....
3/8" slab brisket bend test....
Also did zucchini slabbed & a bend test there also...........
Med. well & not quite, but almost fork tender........
Fed the gals here, then drove Mom some across town & when I got there she said the wife had called....I forgot to take the strawberries, great tomatoes & apple tart we got at the farmers market early this morn.....BACK in the truck, back home, get the stuff, back to Ma's, back home, message on home phone: "That's the best dinner I've had in a long time; I ate some of all of those things & it was just perfect !!!"
Makes it all worthwhile.....
Happy Mother's Day !!!